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Beria, Lavrenty P.

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Lavrenty Beria was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician. He was the most influential of Stalin's secret police chiefs. In 1932, he became the party boss of the Transcaucasian republics (Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia). He led political repression campaigns during Stalin's Great Purge. After becoming the head of NKVD, he used his power to execute over 500 NKVD agents and 30,000 Red Army officers. In February 1941, he became a deputy prime minister of the USSR, and Stalin put him in charge of important tasks, including the atomic bomb project. In 1953 he was arrested, accused of being an "imperialist agent," and was immediately executed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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1949

Draft Telegram, Gromyko to Kovalev

Gromyko attaches a draft reply of Stalin to the telegram of Mao Zedong on the question of Korea.

1953

Transcript of the Conversation between the Soviet Leadership and the Hungarian Workers' Party Delegation in Moscow

Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.

1945

Telegram, V. Molotov, L. Beria, G. Malenkov, and A. Mikoyan to Cde. Stalin

Recognition of the provisional government of Austria following the expansion of its authority to all of Austria.

1945

Telephone Message, V. Molotov, L. Beria, G. Malenkov, and A. Mikoyan to Cde. Stalin to Cde. Stalin

Draft decree and list of delegates by the Council of People's Commissars on the USSR's joining the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

1945

Telegram, V. Molotov, L. Beria, G. Malenkov, and A. Mikoyan to Cde. Stalin

Stalin's suggestions for Soviet delegation was approved by the Politburo.

1951

Record of I.V. Stalin’s Conversation with E. Hoxha About Certain Foreign and Domestic Problems of Albania

Stalin, Hoxha, and a collection of other Soviet and Albanian political figures, discuss the political, economic, and military situation in Albania.

1951

Stalin's Conference with East European Delegates

Stalin and Ministers from Eastern European countries discuss the current military status in Eastern Europe, focusing specifically on potential moves by the United States. Topics also included a discussion on the strength of Eastern European armed forces

1949

Cable, Filippov [Stalin] to the Soviet Ambassador, Pyongyang

Stalin asks the ambassador to find the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing and tell him that they agree with the DPRK's thinking on the feasibility of establishing diplomatic relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China.

1946

Handwritten notes by Igor V. Kurchatov, Director of the Soviet Nuclear Program, on a Meeting with Stalin, Beria and Molotov

Excerpts from Igor V. Kurchatov's handwritten notes from a conversation with Stalin on the secret Soviet nuclear project, accompanied by Beria and Foreign Minister V.M. Molotov, at the Kremlin on the evening of 25 January 1946.

1953

Decision of the Party Control Commission of the CPSU CC regarding Comrade S.D. Ignatiev

A report describing the decision to revoke the CPSU party membership of S.D. Ignatiev.